Of course they don't disagree with it. They think they own this thing.

I eagerly await the accusations of a pro-Clinton bias on this thread, because they promise to be even more fantastically improbable than usual.

"doing what we can to help create large Democratic majorities in 2008."

This is good to hear.

Most likely, Hillary just assumed that her Money Goons were forwarding a copy of the letter that she ran through a withering hail of sniper fire to accept from that young girl at Tuzla Airport in Bosnia. An honest mistake on her part.
Who would ever imagine that Hillary's Money Goons would actually be sending a threating letter to Speaker Pelosi.

This event highlights how 2,000,000 smaller donations to the Obama camapaign and who knows how many to Bill and Hillary's and the other candidates, can make a difference in how politics are practiced. Officials like Pelosi will now have greater freedom to represent the majority, to use their own judgement, and work for what's best for the nation.
Voters take note. This year we have begun to attack "big money" by donating "small money" to offset it. Bravo!

Obama has outraised Hilalry with small donations from average citizens.

They think they own the party and the process.

These fat cat money people can go shove it.

What we need to do is find out what businesses provide the profits to these fat cat donors and organize a boycott against them or their products to reduce THEIR earnings.

If they want to threaten the democratic process with their money we need to use our money to threaten their economic viability.

Who are these folks and what do they do and where is their money invested?

Her campaign just oozes slime. You really start to wonder if there is any campaign tactic they would consider out of bounds. Short of killing someone - maybe - I'm very doubtful.

In a Nutshell.

Hillary had her Money Goons places a Horse's Head in Speaker Pelosi's bed.

Speaker Pelosi returned the head with a note attached that said: F you and the Headless Horse you rode in on.

The latest Pew poll is out: Obama 49%, Clinton 39%. All the data were gathered after Obama's speech on race. The result is virtually the same as Pew's late February poll. See AP for the story.

Anyone have the skinny on Pew's reliability? I don't recall ever seeing a Pew poll referenced here at TPM.

"It's bad enough that Barack Obama's church took sick joy in 9/11 for "racist white America" supporting "Zionists." Now we learn it also is a mouthpiece for anti-Israeli terrorists."

Time for another speech, this time dropping out for Obama.

Hillary's online petition is already getting abused: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/declaration_of_fairness/signatures.html

Mr. Singer's first draft of his response has been located:

"I think the letter speaks for itself. There's clearly a broad feeling among Ms Clinton's wealthy donors, many of whom believe that extortion and lies go hand in hand, that the role of superdelegates is to exercise Hillary's judgment and make a decision based on what is best for Hillary, but maybe not so good our our country."

Supporting Our Party

Barak's response talks about the importance of the grassroots movement and downticket candidates.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGBRqN

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tried (and now some are waging political war on her), Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, has suggested it (but "BILLARY" Clinton is NOT hearing it) and NOW someone -- ANYONE -- needs to whisper in Clinton's ear -- like you would with a SENILE Aunt -- that the gig is up and Obama is the Democratic nominee!

http://OsiSpeaks.com

According to Pelosi, Clinton won California and Mass. so she, Kerry and Kennedy should support Clinton.

Why can't McCain reel in his future Vice President?

It is a day that ends in "y" with loads of fear-mongering with threats of a scourced earth policy . . . Yep, Clinton is still in the race.

McCain-Clinton '08

The Clintons' strategy seems to be my way or the highway. Is it Bill's desire to bypass the 22nd amendment that is fueling his rage and cynicism? Can the country afford to have a Clinton President and a Clinton Vice President? Perhaps it is time to breakup the Democratic Party and start a new one that is really liberal and progressive, especially since it now seems likely that McCain will be the president. The Clintons, the DLC, and Lieberman can then honestly become Republicans

They should have given this more thought. I bet the DCCC donations have doubled. This was out yesterday. We started fundraising yesterday for the DCCC. We wouldn't want to run those donors from the Party but they do need to know we won't put up with extortion either.

In response to the post directly, I put this together as a direct rebuke to the letter sent Pelosi's way:

Dear Madam Speaker,

We understand that you are under some pressure of late to keep quiet about what you think about the current fight for the party’s nomination. Not that we’d expect you to be even tempted to bend to the pressure of a few deep-pocketed bullies, but perhaps we can show that we’ll do them one better and ask nothing in return.

http://www.actblue.com/page/dear_speaker

I guess this is old news, what with Obama appearing on the View, but ABC is suggesting that the threat will have that exact effect, driving uncommitted supers to Obama:

ABC News' Political Director David Chalian reports that a Democratic operative unaffiliated with either campaign and familiar with the reaction to the letter among Members of Congress says, "Members of Congress - who are superdelegates - make up the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee" or DCCC from which the donors seemed to be threatening to withhold funds.

"Threatening the DCCC is equal to threatening the superdelegates Sen. Hillary Clinton's trying to court. The Clinton donor letter will just push undeclared superdelegates in Congress leaning toward Obama to endorse him sooner. It also reinforces the narrative that she'll destroy the party to win."

Guys, the fat cats have as much right to send letters of complaint to their public officials as much as any joe schmo citizen. Its a democracy.

So Obama wants to save the party by trashing the big donors for not being little donors.

Good luck with that, idiots.

Money is the mother's milk of politics.

"Good riddance" to rich donors to the Democratic party?

Smart.

I can't understand why all you people are worked up over this. Don't you know that this is Hillary's turn? We owe the nomination to her. The election process is supposed to confirm Hillary for the coronation, not give someone better the opportunity to take the nomination. Hillary Clinton and her supporters are very upset that they lost the Primary because they had to run against someone better.

Horatio386 Wrote... "So Obama wants to save the party by trashing the big donors for not being little donors. Good luck with that, idiots."

Calling names now are we? You must be so smart to call the rest of us idiots. You must be one of the better-educated minions of Her Majesty Hillary Clinton. Did you pass kindergarten on the second try to come up with your logic?

Obama has not trashed anyone.

The point here is that these fat cat donors are demanding that the entire Democratic constituency be disenfranchised by trying to have super delegates over-rule the will of the voters. Apparently they want to own the Democratic party; they just don't want the party to be democratic. With people like this in our party destroying the party, who needs Republicans to bring us down?

And by the way, Obama has the support of million people who can donate $100. We don't need these rich fat cats and their sense of entitlement telling us to coronate their queen.

Hillzilla is really a power mad crumb bum. I hate it when I have to get technical.